Joel Rai

Stories by Joel Rai

Wine tasting: Red, white and a bit of the nose

Wine tasting: Red, white and a bit of the nose

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2015

A tasting experience with two very affordable but pleasant wines from Hardys, Australia, leaves author longing to take the bottles home

Guru Greg and the God complex

Guru Greg and the God complex

Rediff.com   7 Nov 2014

Chappell, now 66, came to India after a five-year stint as coach of South Australia, where he was noted by the Australian media as exhibiting "fantastic" individual skills, but proving "poor" when it came to group dynamics.

Naveen Jindal on a hat-trick mission

Naveen Jindal on a hat-trick mission

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2014

Industrialist Naveen Jindal, fighting to win the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat for a third time, has more than just Narendra Modi to contend with. Joel Rai reports.

Why aren't the Muslims going home?

Why aren't the Muslims going home?

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2013

The families that were affected by the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar district have no hope of their homes being restored to them. Is the government really unable to reassure them of a safe return?

Toilet vs Temple debate reveals India's Dirty Picture

Toilet vs Temple debate reveals India's Dirty Picture

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2013

For more than half of all Indian households, the very personal act of defecation is an open affair, says Joel Rai

The General who is shaking things up at the AMU

The General who is shaking things up at the AMU

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2013

"They call me the Class 10 vice-chancellor," he says as his thin lips flirt with a smile. You almost feel that the tall man of spare build is being facetious. And then you see that his deep set eyes are not twinkling. There is a sense of the combative in them.

Congress decision on Telangana: Blame it on an idiom!

Congress decision on Telangana: Blame it on an idiom!

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2013

I believe this is what really happened at the Congress Working Committee on Wednesday.